Christianity--Church History/history

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what is the date of origin and place of origin of christianity. exact if u know

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No one was keeping dates and time when Christianity was first made a fact centuries before Christ was born into the world.  

God first spoke in the Garden of Eden about the child who would crush the head of the devil to redeem God's people.

When God makes promises, they are already a fact.  He continued to make this promise of the Messiah (same word as "Christ" ..the first in Hebrew, the second in Greek) to leaders like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and later prophets.
Since Christians, both Gentile and Jewish, know who this Messiah/Christ was to be, we know that CHRISTianity began with God's first promise.

HOWEVER, FOR THE WORLD, "Christianity" began in the First Century A.D. (Anno Domina -Year of Lord) as recorded in the historical book written at that time:

Acts 11:24-26
24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
(from New International Version)  

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Dean Gade

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I have knowledge of various writings of: the Ante-Nicene and Post-Nicene fathers. The history of the Bible`s origin. The original language of the New Testament. The history of the Old Testament and the changes in the church in the New Testament.

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I am a college and seminary graduate( BA., BTh. MDiv.)who studied the history of Christianity during the eight years of study in those institutions as well as study in order to teach and write courses on church history.

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